Research Catalog

Title

Dublin's great wars : the First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution / Richard S. Grayson.

Author

Grayson, Richard S., 1969-

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xvi, 470 pages : illustraions, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"This book offers a new military history of the city and county of Dublin in the era of the First World War and the Irish Revolution, setting the narratives of British soldiers and Irish republicans alongside each other. Much of the writing of Dublin's history between the start of the Home Rule crisis in 1912 and the end of the Irish Civil War in 1923 has been dominated by the Easter Rising of April 1916, along with its causes and its consequences. There are certainly important studies of the city (less so the county) which recognise the interconnections between the two conflicts in terms of their impact on society, politics and the economy. Meanwhile, excellent material on the Rising and the wider Irish Revolution has emphasised how the war created 'the long-awaited opportunity for rebellion' and made Irish republicans believe that an attempt at revolution was necessary to seize the political initiative. Yet the war raging in Europe and elsewhere in 1914-18 is generally treated as a backdrop to this turning point in Irish history. From the end of mass commemorations of the war in the 1920s until the 1990s, much First World War service by men and women from what is now the Republic of Ireland was forgotten, their story overwhelmed by that of different heroes and heroines: the rebels of 1916. Similarly, Dublin's First World War narrative tends to pay little attention to the Rising and the wider Irish Revolution. Indeed, it has long been dominated by the story of part of D Company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the 'Dublin Pals', at Gallipoli."--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Easter Rising (Ireland : 1916)
• War of Independence (Ireland : 1919-1921)
• World War (1914-1918)
• 1900-1999
• World War, 1914-1918 > Ireland > Dublin
• Soldiers > Ireland > Dublin > History > 20th century
• Soldiers
• Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916
• Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921
• Dublin (Ireland) > History, Military > 20th century
• Ireland
• Ireland > Dublin

Genre/Form

• History.
• Military history.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-457) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Prelude : Dublin and Conflict, 1899-1914 -- Dublin Goes to War -- Outbreak, 1914 -- Stalemate, 1915 -- Gallipoli : Helles -- Gallipoli : Suvla Bay -- Preparations -- Rising -- Falling -- Consequences -- The Other 1916 -- Success on the Somme -- Snow and Sand -- Attrition : 1916-17 -- Learning -- Victory from the Jaws of Defeat -- War of Independence -- Crossovers -- Civil War -- Peace -- Commemoration -- Conclusion : Three Men -- Appendix 1. Population -- Appendix 2. Military Service -- Appendix 3. Physical -- Appendix 4. Occupation -- Appendix 5. Recruitment -- Appendix 6. Red Cross Service -- Appendix 7. Death -- Appendix 8. Sources.

Call Number

JFE 19-1963

ISBN

• 9781107029255
• 1107029252

LCCN

• 2018008863
• 40028553095

OCLC

1029889223

Author

Grayson, Richard S., 1969- author.

Title

Dublin's great wars : the First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution / Richard S. Grayson.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-457) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Other Standard Identifier

40028553095

Research Call Number

JFE 19-1963